Selected Letters
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A collection of letters written by Madame de Sévigné to family and friends, offering a view of French society and thought in the seventeenth century. Her correspondence takes in the salons, conversation and ideas of her time, and it gives an intimate, witty account of life at the court of Louis XIV, where rumour and gossip circulate freely among those who write and read them. The letters show how a well-placed observer saw the world around her, and they remain a vivid record of the period's manners and politics.
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